Chaos Vortex
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— In-game description
- Alacrity and Might are applied near the mesmer only, not near clones.
Version history[edit]
For a detailed skill history, see here.
Patch
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Changes
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February 28, 2022 |
End of Dragons release:
- Maximum targets reduced from 10 to 5.
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October 05, 2021 |
- Fixed a bug in which alacrity was being granted in a circle around the targeted enemy rather than around the casting mesmer.
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September 21, 2021 |
- Targeting for the boons provided by this skill will now prioritize party members and then squad members in the area before enhancing other players. This skill now additionally draws a thin circle on the ground visible by allies for 1 second, making it easier to gauge distance and positioning for granting boons to allies.
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June 08, 2021 |
- When cast by a clone, the duration of the applied confusion condition has been reduced from 8 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only.
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May 25, 2021 |
- Reduced alacrity applied to nearby allies from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds in PvE only.
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May 12, 2021 |
- Fixed an issue in which this skill applied more might than intended in PvP and WvW.
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May 11, 2021 |
- The projectile now only strikes enemies. Up to 10 nearby allies gain boons. The boons gained are now might (8 stacks, 15-second duration in PvE; 4 stacks, 6-second duration in PvP and WvW) and alacrity (3-second duration). (Note: Boons are applied near the mesmer only, not near clones.)
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July 07, 2020 |
- Increased the number of targets from 5 to 10.
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December 03, 2019 |
- Reduced bleed duration from 8 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only. Reduced burn duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvP only. Reduced torment duration from 8 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
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December 11, 2018 |
- The might granted by this skill has been changed from 3 stacks for 8 seconds to 2 stacks for 15 seconds.
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March 27, 2018 |
- Fixed a bug that caused the projectile fired by this skill to have inconsistent interactions with reflection skills.
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February 08, 2018 |
- Readjusted condition application on this skill to apply 1 stack of bleeding for 8 seconds, 1 stack of burning for 2 seconds, and 1 stack of torment for 8 seconds.
- Fixed a bug that allowed this attack to hit the same target multiple times.
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February 07, 2018 |
- Instead of inflicting vulnerability, this attack now inflicts 1 stack of torment for 5 seconds.
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December 12, 2017 |
- This skill now attempts to face the selected target before firing when it's targeted on foes beside or behind the caster.
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November 07, 2017 |
- Increased projectile speed by 25%.
- Increased projectile damage by 20%.
- Removed confusion and torment conditions.
- This skill now inflicts bleeding (2 stacks for 6 seconds), burning (1 stack for 3 seconds), and vulnerability (3 stacks for 5 seconds).
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September 22, 2017 |
Path of Fire release:
- Chaos Vortex has been added to the game.
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